Improvement in washing-machines



LOWELL L. PEO/K, OF

PORTLAND, OREGON.

Letters Patent No. 196,957, dated Aztg'ust 30, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the' same.

To ali whom 'it may conce/rn Be it known that I, LOWELL L. PECK, of Portland, in the county of lMultnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-1Vlachines, of which 'the following is a specification,

N attore of Invention.

My invention relates to washing-machines, and consists of abox or tub mounted on suitable legs, and provided with a perforated partition or upright rack, a dasher- Aor beater, a soap-box or receptacle, and an apartment to hold the water when wrung ont of the clothes,

' In the drawings- I Figure lis a perspective view of the tub, with a wringer attached v Figure 2 is'a central vertical longitudinal section of the same,.without the wringer.

Figure 3 is a perspectiveview of the das-her or bea-ter in a modie'd form. Y

Xjs the box or tub, of any desired shape and ma-V terial, and supported on suitable legs, e e, whichmay be provided with casters or rollers.

The box is made with an inclined bottom, so that the water may he gathered in one place and removed -from the person washing, so as to prevent splashing;

andthe said tub may be covered about two-thirds of' its length, thus more eiectually preventing splashing, and one end of the said cover should be provided with hinges, so as to allow free access to the interior of the tub, for the purpose of placingtherein clothes, water,

Sec. The sides of the box or t-ub rise somewhat above this cover, and form a soap-box, O. A

A perforated partition or rack, K, is placedat nearly right angles to the bottom of the tub, leaving a between the exterior wall and itself.

A dasher or beater, consistingof a rod, o, to which a plain, grooved, or corrugated block, B, is secured, is

used for thoroughly cleansing the garment to be washed. y

The wash-hoard E' is of a concave form, and corrugated, and is properly secured to 'the tub.

The block B may be permanent-ly attached to rod o, or may be hinged thereto by one end, and leave the other end free, to which a string or other operating device may be attached, so as to impart thereto a vibratory motion.

The handle or rod o` may be attached byv a pivot to the tub or box, or it may be removable.

The operation is as follows:

'Vater and soap-suds, or other-washing materials, having been poured into the tub, accumulate in the rear end of it. The clothes may be placed therein or placed on the'board of the beater', and a rapid brickward and'i'orward motion given to the same, dashing the garment-s against the board'or rack K, and its perforated surface and the corrugated surface of the board E form an excellent rubbing-board, whereby the clothes are speedily cleansed. As the beater is pushed into the rear part of the tub, the water is driven through the partition into the space behind it, and, as it is drawn back? the water rushes back and rinses the clothes.

A wringer, I) E, of any approved pattern, may be secured to a box, g, attached tothe side of the tub, and the clothes removed from the tub and prepared for the drier.

The beater B, rod o, and upright rack or partition `K, in combination with the corrugated wash-board E, hinged cover O, and box or tub X X, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as and for the -purpose set forth.

LOWELL L. PECK.

Witnesses:

M. CRAWFORD, G. A. DOLPH. 

